Ajax the Lesser dragging Cassandra from the Palladium in view of Priam
Fresco in the room 4 of the house of Quintus Poppaeus Sabinus (“House of Menander”).
Fourth style. 60—79 CE. Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of Menander (I, 10, 4, wing)Photo by Ilya Shurygin

Ajax the Lesser dragging Cassandra from the Palladium in view of Priam.

Fresco in the room 4 of the house of Quintus Poppaeus Sabinus (“House of Menander”).
Fourth style. 60—79 CE.

Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of Menander (I, 10, 4, wing)
(Pompei, Parco Archeologico, Casa del Menandro (I, 10, 4, braccio)).

Origin:
Excavated in 1926-1932.
Credits:
© 2015. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
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